A B C of Bee Culture 22 Abdomen of Insects 48 Air Tubes 28 Albino Bees 43 Alighting-Board 127 separate from bottom-board 127 Alsike Clover--see clover 228 American Bee Journal 19 Amateurs 11 Anatomy and Physiology 48 of bees 71 of insects 48 internal 56 Antenna 51 Ants 271 remedies for 271 function 51 Apiary, where to locate 120 grounds 152 house--see house apiary 255 position of 152 Apiary Grounds 152 arrangement of 152 improvement of 153 screens for 152 shade for 153 Apiculture, adaptation to women 15 as an avocation 15 fascination of 12 for amateurs 11, 15 for specialists 11 inducements to 12 adaptation to women 15 excellence for amateurs 15 improves the mind 17 recreation 12 yields delicious food 17 profits of 13 requisites to 18 conventions 19 enthusiasm 24 experience 18 mental effort 18 persistence 24 prompt attention 23 publications 19 study and thought 18 visits to other apiarists 18 work 11 unsuited to whom 12 Apidæ Family 34 animals of 35 instincts of 34 Apis Genus 38 animals of 40 characters of 38